H.R. 1729: Statutes at Large Modernization Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-27 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Statutes at Large Modernization Act

Plain summary

Statutes at Large Modernization Act This bill directs the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to make the Statutes at Large available to the public at no cost on a website in a searchable, non-proprietary format. The GPO must ensure that the searchable online edition is prepared in coordination with the National Archives and Records Administration and congressional support offices that develop formatting conventions used for enrolled bills and other legislative materials. The bill amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 to require relevant Statutes at Large electronic information made available by the GPO to be incorporated into the Library of Congress's legislative information retrieval system.

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Official text

Statutes at Large Modernization Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7] · 6 cosponsors

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Seth Moulton (D-MA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ralph Norman (R-SC)

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Statute: A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1729.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1729 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115